That same day, Jstefut posted a message of gratitude to everyone who responded to his request:

To everyone on here, I want to thank you for the kind words and for all the different pictures you've made. I had never used reddit before this and had no expectations, but seeing the response to the first post a father made about this I wanted to give it a try. It's so great to see a community just taking time out of their day to help someone else and show them love.